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By John GoodwinPublished: August, 2006 With the Bay Area’s fleet of ferries, buses and railcars rapidly aging, local streets increasingly pockmarked by potholes and congestion at the region’s most notorious freeway bottlenecks going from bad to worse, the upcoming November statewide election — and its nearly $20 billion transportation infrastructure bond measure — certainly comes […]
By Brenda KahnPublished: August, 2006 No fare! Thanks for sparing the air. That’s the upbeat message that greeted transit riders throughout the nine-county San Francisco Bay Area during a three-day smog alert in late June. The free-ride promotion proved to be so popular that the Metropolitan Transportation Commission and the Bay Area Air Quality Management […]
Published: August, 2006 Hold on to your chilidogs Indy Car is here. Learn about the gear, the rules, the points and the physical exptremes drivers endure, learn the Indy Car song and sing it as you endure the traffic on the way to the race. Sun., Aug. 27, 12:30PM. www.indycar.com The air & wine […]
Published: August, 2006 Point Reyes, CA – Gas prices at or above $3 a gallon, sweltering heat, need a break from work, looking for a place to relax and reenergize? Point Reyes is just the tonic you’re looking for. Only a short drive from San Francisco and other communities in Northern CA, Point Reyes is […]
By Dianne Boate & Robert MeyerPublished: August, 2006 Giovanni, The Margarita King, is making new waves – air, sound and otherwise, with his special product, The Margarita King Cocktail. Everything you need is already in the bottle: double gold, prize winning tequila from Mexico, a special blend of lemon and lime juices, sugar cane, and a […]
Seascape One, Future Living Designed to Serve, Sail, Sustain By Bill PicturePublished: August, 2006 For the last fifteen years, Bay Area resident David Grassi has dreamed of one-day creating his own floating utopia. Inspired by the all-in-one experience afforded by today’s cruise ship lines, Grassi’s Seascape One project is a floating community with thousands of […]
Triple Rock Brewery & Alehouse By Joel WilliamsPublished: August, 2006 Right in the heart of downtown Berkeley on Shattuck Street, just blocks from the UC Campus, is Triple Rock Brewery & Alehouse. But, owners and brothers John and Reid Martin had an uphill battle convincing city officials that a small brewery would fit into the […]
Published: August, 2006 The Oakland Metro Operahouse is a black-box theater located the corner of 2nd St. and Broadway, downtown, just one block from Jack London Square. Oakland Metro opened on Dec.1, 2001 with the Oakland Opera Theater’s production of Gertrude Stein’s Four Saints in Three Acts. This non-profit arts space / live performance venue […]
Genome-based structure introduces users to more music they like and gives personal veto power By Dan SankeyPublished: August, 2006 At one time, all of your favorite music was unknown to you. Then came that epochal moment of discovery when the music struck chords within you, and the sound resonated through to your core. It was […]
Published: August, 2006 73 Local Arts Groups and Artists to Receive Support Oakland.CA – The Oakland City Council approved $1.1 million in fiscal year 2006-07 grants to Oakland-based nonprofit organizations and individual artists through the City’s Cultural Funding Program. The Cultural Funding Program will distribute $1,180,262 in grants ranging from $4,000 to $74,140 to 73 […]